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Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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WVILLIAM GEORGE STONE, OF KNOXVILLE, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 554,800, dated February18, 1896.

Application filed May 31, 1895. Serial No. 551,124. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,W1LLIAM GEORGE STONE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to swinging gates of that class or descriptionwhich can be opened and closed by persons in vehicles or on horseback,and Without dismounting, and which can be opened by persons walking bymoving the latch by hand, and is intended as an improvement upon theinvention disclosed in Letters Patent granted to me September 15,

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

I In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aswinging gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the frontend of the gate. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the lug and yoke.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the gate-postprovided near its lower end with a lug 2, in which is journaled thelower end of the rear upright, 3. This upright near its upper end isconnected with the post 1 by means of a semicircular lug a securedthereto and a correspondingly-formed yoke 5 connected therewith by meansof tapered pins 6, said lug and yoke when connected together forming acircular bearing.

The numeral 7 designates the horizontal rails of the gate secured tosaid upright 3 and to a front upright, 8, consisting of the twoconnected arms 9.

The numeral 10 designates a front post provided with a beveled catch 12,formed with a central notch 13, and above this catch is avertically-movable weight 14:, formed with a slot 15, connected withpost 10 by a headed pin 16, and working in a guide 17 secured to saidpost.

Secured to the upper end of upright 3 is a grooved pulley or drum 18,around which passes a cord 19, which passes through a loose block 20provided with two pulleys 21. The ends of these cords are connected witha curved lever 23, secured to a shaft 24:, journaled to a post 25.Secured to this shaft are rearwardly and forwardly projecting horizontalarms 26. To each of these arms is pivoted a rod 27, connectedrespectively with levers 28, pivoted to posts 29 at opposite sides ofthe gate, and said levers are provided with depending operating-rods 30.Secured to the posts 29 are spring-catches 31.

Pivoted to the lower flange of the pulley or drum 18 is a bell-cranklever 32, having its upper arms formed with a series of holes 34,through which the cords 19 pass. To the lower end of this lever ispivoted a vertical rod 35, passing through a guide 36 on the upright 3,and provided at its lower end with forked or bifurcated arms 37,connected together by a pin 38. The lower ends of these forked armsembrace a latch-lever 39, pivoted to a lug 40. The rear end of thislever is provided with pins 41, which engage with the lower end of theforked arms, While its front end passes through the front upright and isadapted to engage with the notched catch.

The numeral 42 designates a coiled spring connected with the rod 35, andits tendency is to restore the rod to normal position after having beenoperated.

The operation is as follows: hen the gate is closed the lever willengage with the notch in the catch and the weight resting thereon willhold it in the notch. To open the gate one of the levers 28 (accordingto the direction in which the operator approaches) is depressed andthrough the medium of the connections will actuate the curved lever. Thecord connected with said lever will actuate the bell-crank lever,depressing the rod and forked arm connected therewith and raising thefront end of the lever out of the notch in the catch. At the same time,the cord will rotate the drum and swing the gate in the direction fromthe operator and open the same, and the latch-lever engaging with thespringcatch on the post carrying the lever Will hold the same open.After passing through the gate it can be closed by pulling upon thelever on the opposite side. The gate can also be opened and closed byhand.

The yoke 5 is removable by simply removing the pins, thus allowing thegate to be lifted and set aside in case of high snow-drifts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination with the front and rear posts, the notched catch and theVerticallymovable weight secured to the front post and the swinging gateconnected with the rear post of the rear upright, the flanged drumsecured thereto, the bell-crank lever having holes, the spring-actuatedrod and forked arm, the pivoted latch-lever, the ropes secured to saiddrum and passing through the holes in said lever, the block and pulleys,the curved lever to which said ropes are connected, the horizontal arms,the pivoted levers and connections, the posts and spring-catches;substantially as described.

2. The combination With the fencwposts and the swinging gate andmcansfor opening and closing the same; of the removable yoke,

